Show change to land lease agreement

You can notify the competent authority of the conclusion of the land lease amendment. A verbal amendment to the land lease agreement is notified by means of a substantive notification. You submit a copy of a written amendment to the land lease agreement.

After notification of the completed amendment to the land lease agreement, the competent authority registers the basic data and checks whether there is an unhealthy distribution, in particular an accumulation, an uneconomic fragmentation or the lease price is unreasonably high.

Districts and independent cities.

You must have concluded an amendment to the land lease agreement. The amendment must not

• no unhealthy distribution of land, in particular unhealthy accumulation,
• no uneconomic fragmentation or
• an unreasonably high lease price.

cause.

The following information is required:

• Concluded contract in accordance with the provisions of § 585 BGB, stating: landlord, tenant, property name, lease term, lease price

• completed application
• concluded land lease amendment (copy or, in the case of an oral amendment: the substantive notification)

There are no costs.

• Notification period: 1 month after conclusion of the amendment to the land lease agreement
• Processing period / presumption of approval: 1 month, extension to 2 months possible

The processing period is one month. If the review of the contract amendment is expected to take longer, the contracting parties will be issued with an interim notification before the deadline expires, which will extend the deadline to two months. The contract amendment shall be deemed not to have been objected to if the deadline expires without the contracting parties having been notified of a notice of objection.

• § Section 2 of the Land Lease Act (LPachtVG)

• Application to the competent district court for a court ruling against the objection notice

• Forms available: No
• Written form required: No
• Informal application possible: Yes
• Personal appearance necessary: No

31.03.2025